1860 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.

Explorations

• Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.

Excavations

• Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
• Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
• Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.

Finds

• Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.
• Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.
• Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.

Publications

Births

• July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
• November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1859 in archaeology
• 1861 in archaeology

References